Thursday, June 19, 2014
For immediate release
The Honourable Jason Kenney, Minister of Employment and Social Development and Chris Alexander, Canada’s Citizenship and Immigration Minister, will make an important announcement on reforms to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program.
A lock-up, including a technical briefing by senior government officials, will precede the announcement.
Please note that all details are subject to change.
DATE:
Friday, June 20, 2014
TIME:
Documents available for viewing: 11:30 a.m. EDT
Technical briefing: 12:00 p.m. EDT – 1:15 p.m. EDT
News conference: 1:30 p.m. EDT
PLACE:
National Press Theatre
150 Wellington Street
Ottawa, Ontario
Journalists must respect the terms of a lock-up undertaking until Ministers Kenney and Alexander begin to speak at the news conference shortly after 1:30 p.m. Journalists will not be allowed to leave the embargoed technical briefing prior to 1:30 p.m.
Journalists who are not members of the National Press Gallery must obtain accreditation from the Gallery in advance. For more information, contact Collin Lafrance at collin.lafrance@parl.gc.ca.
Lock-up information: Journalists wishing to attend the lock-up will be required to sign an undertaking.
News conference: Journalists outside of the region can also call in to listen to the news conference at 1:30 p.m. EDT.
Participant dial-in: 877-413-4814
Participant pass code: 8894586
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FOR INFORMATION (media only):
Alexandra Fortier
Office of Minister Kenney
819-994-2482
Media Relations Office
Employment and Social Development Canada
819-994-5559
media@hrsdc-rhdcc.gc.ca
Alexis Pavlich
Office of Minister Alexander
613-954-1064
Media Relations Office
Citizenship and Immigration Canada
613-952-1650
CIC-Media-Relations@cic.gc.ca
